The Iraqi Military says its confident they can retake mosul from the militant group. The militants took control of the city in Northern Iraq two years ago. Translator we can completely recapture nineveh province sometime between this year and the first few months of next year. He says units on the Northern Front are being reinforced with weapons and armored vehicles. He says the militants will lose their will to fight if Iraqi Forces Recapture the central city of fallujah. He says that will also give a boost to the troops trying to retake mosul. The militants are launching counter offensives with suicide bombers and chemical weapons and using civilians as human shields. More people are fleeing the areas near mosul as Government Forces step up offensives to retake the city. About 200 families have reportedly arrived at a refugee camp east of mosul in the past two weeks. A man who recently arrived there says Islamic State fighters fear the u. S. Led coalitions air strikes. He says many c
In new york f. I. F. A. s chief cuts a lonely figure after being investigated for corruption saudi arabias senior religious scholar says thursdays stampede at the handling was beyond human control. More than 700 people that took part in the pilgrimage to mexico died. Lets go to our correspondent in mecca for us. Just remind us what the scholar said. The grand mufti of saudi arabia met with the crown prince, and told him that you are not responsible for what happened because you did all that you could, and you did all the ability that you had to arrange the hajj. There are certain things that humans cannot control. And this is destiny. And this context. This is what the grand mufti told the crown prince. It came as they met late on friday, as they discussed what happens. And they have to remember the statement coming from the highest authority. The highest authority is the king himself, and he ordered a full review of the hajj fans. Omar, there is a sense of fat fatalism in the statemen
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And Unmanned Aircraft over iraq. Some of those aircraft are gone. The pentagon has confirmed armed drones have been deployed over baghdad to protect u. S. Troops. Deployed troops numbering in the thousands are moving toward baghdad from both the north and the west. Theres new evidence indicating isis did massacre captured soldiers two weeks ago. President obama seems in fighting spirits in minnesota. I might have said in the heat of the moment during one of these debates i want to raise minimum wages so sue me if i do. I didnt think they were going to take it literally. 337 deaths so far. R b singer bao mac has died. Much of the states of minnesota is waterlogged. A guy armed with a metal pipe jumped on the lid of a moving police car. He told them he was from the planet zotron. All that a small plane made an Emergency Landing on a highway. This happening in arlington. Amy add a is getting praises for giving up her seat to a u. S. Soldier. On cbs this morning. Ladiesnight. Powerful shot
Her dual life in pakistan and saudi arabia before coming to the United States. Did she lead her husband down their deadly path . Changing strategy, the Terror Threat prompts president obama to make a Rare Oval Office address to the nation trying to reassure anxious americans the u. S. Will prevail. But with growing criticism of his plan to fight isis, will he be forced to adopt new tactics against the terrorists . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following the breaking news. The fbi just revealing disturbing new details about the San Bernardino terror attack saying the couple that carried it out had been radicalized for, quote, quite some time. The fbi also says syed farook and Tashfeen Malik practiced at shooting ranges once within days of the massacre. And were learning more about the bomb lab discovered in the killers home and the 19 pipes that could have been used as explosive devices that were removed by the fbi. Were covering that and